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Eon Productions Pass On 'Devil May Care' Film Rights

Bond producers cite '60s setting as a key obstacle

Broccoli And Faulks Talk 'Devil' Film Rights Snub

"It really wouldn't fit as one of the films that Eon has been making recently."

Thank the stars. The plot of Devil May Care was pretty generic.

The 1960s setting is an obstacle? That didn't stop them from making Casino Royale or any other Bond film made after 1969.

Well they said in the near future. Bond 23 is probably planned out some or even in the writing stage so earliest anyway would be 2012 (assuming they stick to the 2 year schedule). I don't think it's ever gonna happen though because they don't need it and I'm thinking this is just a nice way of saying "no thanks".

Also, I'd rather see a faithful Young Bond series instead of any continuation novel. My feelings aside on Devil May Care.

Just my thoughts. DMC's plot could quite easily be brought up-to-date. It's not as if EON would insist on shooting the Tehran part or the Moscow scenes on location in Iran and Russia, which might pose a problem. But then, money could open doors even there.

Perhaps EON's decision to do other projects for Columbia Pictures is a hint that a Young Bond series is on their mind? I certainly hope so.

That would be rather cool, Righty. I hope it's true. Though I do hope that they continue making Adult Bond at the same time.

I choose to read that comments as code for "the book stunk so badly we don't even want to consider having to fork out for the rights, especially when no one else can actually film the blasted thing".

Yeah, there'd be no point in paying for the rights of this when they could write a similar story themselves (and often have done).
The title would be nice to use, though.

As with those above, I'd prefer to see a Young Bond series. Would the 30's setting of those be confusing when running alongside a present day Bond or could you just ignore that? I'm not certain.

Yes; a more polite response would have been to suggest 'history has shown we don't film continuation novels'.

Their '60's' response is hysterical, and not a little pointing.

I wonder now if IFP will get the message that employing a condescending freeloader like Faulks only goes so far.

Sure, it might get you decent sales. But it brings condemnation from hardcore fans. And, crucially, the cold shoulder from EON.

Here's hoping IFP take heed when the next book is being conceived...

Just found this....

Sebastian Faulks' James Bond apes Ian Fleming's creation


He has battled a man with a golden gun and gone head to head with villains whose deadly weapons include metal jaws and lethal top hats.

But James Bond’s latest enemy has perhaps the strangest trademark yet - he is half human, half ape.

In Devil May Care, the new Bond book by Sebastian Faulks, 007 is briefed about his new nemesis, Dr Julius Gorner, who M describes as suffering from "An extremely rare congenital deformity...known as main de singe, or monkey’s hand".

The new book, which is published on May 28 to mark the centenary of the birth of Ian Fleming, Bond’s creator, has been shrouded in secrecy, but is said to place 007 at the centre of the heroin trade during the Cold War.

The theory appears to be borne out by the cover of the novel, which features a blood-spattered opium poppy with the outline of a naked woman forming the stem. A female character called Poppy is also said to feature prominently.

Dr Julius Gorner is described as a pharmaceutical entrepreneur from the Baltic region, who is believed to be undermining the West by illegally smuggling vast quantities of opium into Britain and America, whom M believes to be "potentially the most dangerous man the Service has yet encountered".

Briefing Bond on how to recognise the enemy, M describes his affliction: "The whole hand is completely that of an ape. With hair up to the wrist and beyond."

Bond baddies are renowned for their bizarre physical traits. In the 2006 film adaptation of Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, the villain, Le Chiffre, suffers from Haemolacria, a medical condition which causes him to weep blood.

In an extract published today, Bond has returned from a sabbatical in Rome in 1967, to find London in full hippy swing. The capital is awash with "the bonfire whiff of marijuana" and the laid-back Sixties vibe has even permeated the Secret Service.

Much to Bond’s alarm, M has taken up yoga and 00 agents have been engaged in a programme of "deep breathing and relaxation techniques".

Despatched to Paris to confront the enemy, Bond, who drives a Bentley Continental in Devil May Care and not the Aston Martin he is usually associated with, is chased en route to the airport by two sinister men on motorbikes, who he soon sees off with effortless 007 ease.

Faulks’s book is the 22nd authorised Bond novel since Fleming’s death in 1964. The first was penned under a pseudonym by Kingsley Amis. The last was written by Raymond Benson six years ago but only sold 5,000 copies in the Britain.

Filming is already under way on Quantum of Solace, the second Bond film to feature Craig as 007, which is due to be released in November. Devil May Care may well follow Quantum of Solace as the next 007 film instalment as a 23rd Bond film is scheduled for 2010.

Faulks, who wrote the book in just six weeks, has said that he wrote it 80 per cent in Fleming’s style. "My Bond is Fleming’s Bond - not Connery, or Moore or Craig, for all their charms," he said. "And yes, my Bond drinks and smokes as much as ever. My female lead - the "Bond" girl - has a little more depth than Fleming’s women, but not at the expense of glamour."

Faulks has described his Bond, who has been widowed, as "more vulnerable" than his previous incarnations, but "both gallant and highly sexed".

"Bond is damaged and ageing and, in a sense, it is the return of the gunfighter for one last, heroic mission".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/202...s-creation.html